Adverb
Synonym of pretty much (“almost completely; very nearly”)
That scene earlier pretty well destroyed my chances of getting the job.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pretty, well.
She plays the piano pretty well, having studied for six years.
People are always asking for the latest developments in the unification of this theory with that theory, and they don't give us a chance to tell them anything about what we know pretty well. They always want to know the things we don't know. Richard Feynman
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. Abraham Lincoln
When you're finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and you're going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people. Frank Borman
It was sweaty Whitney (Houston) in Central Park. She knew that park pretty well. Every bush! Kathy Griffin
The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well. Steven Soderbergh
It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years. Rob Walton